Wheeled bumper jack



- A. E. SCHALLOCK Sept. 25, 1951 WHEELED BUMPER JACK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 16, 1949 INVENTOR ARTHUR E. SCHALLOCK P 1951 A. E. S'CHALLOCK 2,568,827

WHEELED BUMPER JACK Filed Dec. 16, 1949 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IIII/I/ 'II In- \NVENTOR ARTHUR E. SCHALLOCK ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 25, 1951 WHEELED BUMPER J ACK Arthur E. Schallock, Sheboygan, Wis., assignor to American Hydraulics, Inc., Sheboygan, Wis., a

corporation Application December 16, 1949, Serial No. 133,250 2 Claims. (01. 254-133) This invention appertains to jacks of the type embodying a wheeled frame for movement under automobiles and commonly referred to as garage or curb service jacks.

'Such jacks include a swinging lift arm and saddle for engaging the differential housing or axle of automobiles for lifting the wheels of the vehicle off of the ground. The jacks are built low so as to permit the same'to be conveniently rolled under the car chassis. In modern cars with enclosed rear wheels, it often becomes necessary (in removing rear wheels or placing chains thereon) to raise the car from the bumper or bumper brackets. In such instances, the body must be raised a considerable distance (due to springing) before the wheels leave the ground. to reach the bumpers or brackets, the lift arm and saddle have to be elevated a considerable distance before the starting of the raising of the body and to such a distance that the lift arm does not have a sufficient further movement to raise the car body and the wheels off of the ground.

It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of the invention to provide means whereby curb service jacks can be effectively and successfully used for lifting cars from their bumpers or bumper brackets.

Another salient object of the invention is to provide a novel attachment for use with standard curb service jacks for permitting the instant engaging of the jack with the bumper or bracket, so that as soon as the lift arm starts its upward movement the car will be raised therewith.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a novel standard for detachable connection with the lift head or saddle of a curb service jack having means for receiving and engaging a bumper or bumper bracket, the standard functioning to engage the bumper or bumper bracket when the lift arm is in its extreme lowered position and before operation of the jack.

A further important object of the invention is the provision of novel means for adjusting the active height of the standard so as to permit the engagement of the standard with bumpers of different characters of cars and various heights of bumpers on different makes of cars.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of novel and simple means for holding the standard in its desired adjusted position, so that accidental displacement of the ad-' justment desired during the raising or lowering of the car will be prevented. a a i In order.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the standard can be used on various makes and characters of curb service jacks, without any structural changes in such jacks. 1

A still further important object of the invention is to provide a novel device of the above character which will be durable and eflicientuin use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be placed upon the market at a low cost and quickly and easily associated with standard jacks.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which drawings,

Figure l is a side elevational view of a curb service jack showing the novel device associated therewith and engaging the rear bumper of a car, just prior to the starting of the operation of the jack.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the jack after operation and the lifting of the car body and wheels.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary, side elevational view, partly in section, showing the novel attachment associated with the lift head of a curb service jack and with the saddle removed from the head.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary, side'elevational view of the attachment looking at right angles from Figure 3, and illustrating the latch pin for the telescoping parts of the attachment in its locked position in full lines and in its releasing position in dotted lines.

Figure 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, showing the novel latch pin in its locking position. I

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3, but showing the novel appliance'removed from the lift head and with the usual saddle associated with said lift head. 7

Figure 7 is a fragmentary side elevational view partly in section, illustrating a type of jack in which the saddle is formed integral with the lift head and illustrating the use of an adapter for engaging this type of saddle and lift head for receiving and supporting the lifting device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter J generally indicates a curb service jack of a type now commonly found in the open mare links 14 pivotally connected to the head l3 and the frame H). A removable extension handle l5is provided for manipulating the jack into position and for actuating the hydraulic ram-.(notshown) for the lift arm ll. curb service jack, usually in that type of jack having rear caster wheels, the lift head 13;. is.

provided with an axial bore or socket l6 for the reception of the shank ll of a lift saddle [8: In another from of jack, usually in the straight wheel type (notshown), a saddle l9=isformedintegral with a lift head .2 I and thelift arm 2-! (see Figure TL-ispivotally connectedto the head by, across pivot pin 22. The saddlelS isprovided with an opening 23. The pivot pin 22 extends below= and diametrically across this opening. This figure will be later referred to in detail,

Asshown in Figure 1; of the drawings, the lift head l3 in its lowered inoperative position is a considerable distancebelow the rear bumper 24 of anautomobile Aand consequently, the lift head has to be raised a material distance in order to engage the head with the bumper. In accordance with this invention; a novel device D is utilized for detachable, association with the lift head and for engaging, the bumber 24 or its bracket 25, when the lift arm is in its-1owered position.

The device D comprises; an upright standard 26 preferably including telescoping upper and lower sections 21 and 28-; The lowersection2lconsists of a solid; post and; the-,upper section 28 consists of asleeve: or piece of tubing-slidably mounted over the post. The upper end;;ofthe sleeve or section- 28 carries ahead 29'-for engaging a. carbumper 24, or bracket 25.- The head 29 is provided with a V-shaped socket or recess for receiving, the bumper so that the slipping of thebumperfrom oif of the head will be eliminated. The lower end of the-section 21 isreduced in diameter to formr a1 stop-shoulder 3| and a shank 32. This shank 32 is of awsiz e for snug reception within the socket I6:-of the lift head I3 and obviously the saddle I8 of the conventional jackis removed when the standard isassociated withthe lift head.- The -shoulder-3l limits .the downward movement of the shank 32 in the lift head.

Byhaving the uppersection or-sleeve 28 slidablymounted 'on thepost or lower section 21,, the active height of the standard can be regulated and means is providedfor holding the standard in a selected, adjusted-position. As clearly-shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5; the post or lower psection 21, is provided with a diametricallmextending opening; 33,. and the sleeve at diiferent points is provided -with aligned; openings '34.; Selected alignedopenings 34 can be brought into registration with the opening'33 and by inserting a pin 35 therein movement of the u'pper and lower sections relative'to oneanother, is prevented. The pin,35 is ofa novel form,.so ,as tdpreventaccidental displacement thereof from selected. open.- ings; and to facilitatetthe manipulation .of. the pin. The;pin-35, is provided with a bent back portio -36 wh ch paral elsnthepin nd, the-Outer In one particular type of:

end of the bent back portion 36 is provided with a manipulating handle 31, which also performs the function of a lock. The weight of the bent back portion 36 and the handle 3'! functions to normally hold the bent back portion 36 and the handle 31 in a lowered position, as is clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4, and when the handle is in thisposition,,movementtof the pin 35:1aterally in selected openings is" prevented. To remove the pin 35, it is merely necessary to lift up the handle 31 until the same assumes a position at. one .sideof the standard (see dotted lines in Figure 4 )"a'fter which the same can be pulled out of the registering, openings.

In use of: the-jack and the novel device D the saddle plate 'I8 is removed from the lift head'l3 andthe shank..,32. of.the standard 26 is inserted within the socketlfiof the lift head. The jack is now wheeled in its lowered position under the bumper. The pin 35 is then removed and the upper section or sleeve28. is slid on the lower section orpostZIuntilthe head 3!) engagesthe bumper or thebumper bracket, asthe'casemay be, after which the same is inserted in the closest openings 34' and 33l The jack is now-ready for manipulation and the same-is operated inthe ordinary way. Upon the initial raising of the lift arm 33-, the-car body will be instantly raised therewith and; consequently the automobile. will be startedtoelevate as soonas. the jack is.ma-

nipulated.

Referring back to Figure? and to that type of jack in which the saddleisinteg-ral with the head 29 and the pivotfpin extends entirely acrossthe head, it isproposed to use; an adapter33with-the device D. Theadaptere38merely-includes a collar 39 having its lower end reduced to: form a. shank 40' and astop shoulder 41.; The lower end-.of the collar is-notched, as at 42; and the collar forms a-socket for receiving. the shank end 32 ofthe standard 26-. In use'zof the device D rw-ith .a jack having the integral saddle,the shank portion ,40 of the adapter is inserted in the opening 23 .of the saddle and -the-notch42 receives the cross pivot pin 22,- and the lower end: of the-standard can be inserted intheadapter. Obviously, the -standard itself can be shapedto -be received-in the open-. ing 23 should the use of an adapter be.u-nde-.- sirable. 7

From the foregoing; it can beseenthatan ex-. ceptionally simple and durable. device. has been provided so that-an ordinary curbservice jack can be utilizedfor-lifting automobiles, both. from their differentialhousing or-axle and from the bumper or bumperbracket Changes in details emay vbe. madewithout. de parting fromthespirit or the scope of-.this-invention, but what I claim. asnewisz. I

1. In..an automobile-.jackof-the type including-a. lift arm and a lift .head, an. integral saddle provided with an axial opening-and .-a.cross pin pivotally .connecting. the :head. to the lift arm, a vertically disposed standard having a reduced lower "end, andcanadapter :receiving: said=reduced lower end received inathe opening in the head and having notches for receiving' the cross pivot pin.-

2. As a new article-of manufacture an attach= ment for-jacks 'ofi the' type having' aswinging lift arm andza lift headpivotally connectedthe're to having. anupper face .normally disposedin a horizontal plane=comprisingra vertically disposed standardadaptedto detachably :engage saidrhead; a lift head on: the --standardishaped tdeng-age-an automobile bumper andnbumper. bracket,- said standard including a loweepost; section anql a upper sleeve section slidably mounted on the post REFERENCES CITED section, means holding said sections in a selected The following references are of record in the adjusted position, said means including a latch file of this patent:

pin, the post section and sleeve section having UNITED STATES PATENTS registering openings for receiving the pin, a bent 5 back portion on said pin arranged in parallel Number Name Date relation therewith and an angularly extending 1,650,810 Weaver Nov. 29, 1927 handle on said bent back portion normally lyin 1,905,624 Divork Apr. 25, 1933 at one side of the standard. 2,029,022 Graham Jan. 28, 1936 10 2,054,555 Cochin Sept. 15, 1936 ARTHUR SCHALLOCK- 2,184,061 Skroback Dec. 19, 1939 2,370,681 Mueller Mar. 6, 1945 

